Statistical Mechanics
Statistical Mechanics
£58.99
GBPStatistical mechanics forms the basis of the study of the properties of matter in bulk from a molecular or microscopic viewpoint. This 1966 edition of the late Sir Ralph Fowler's monumental exposition of the subject was one of the first to adopt a quantum mechanical viewpoint, and it rapidly became recognised as the classic work on the subject. The fundamental principles of statistical mechanics are treated in the first few chapters and the rest of the book contains comprehensive accounts of their application to a wide range of branches of chemistry and physics: thermionics, electric and magnetic effects, the theory of metals, application to liquids and solutions, to atmospheric problems, stellar interiors and chemical kinetics. Detailed comparisons between theoretical predictions and experimental data are given throughout.
Product details
May 1980Paperback
9780521093774
876 pages
229 × 152 × 49 mm
1.26kg
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Table of Contents
- Table of common physical constants
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The general theorems of statistical mechanics for assemblies of permanent systems
- 3. Assemblies of permanent systems (cont.). The specific heats of simple gases
- 4. Partition functions for temperature radiation and crystals. Simple properties of crystals
- 5. The general assembly. Dissociation and evaporation
- 6. The relationship of the equilibrium theory to classical thermodynamics
- 7. Nernst's heat theorem and the chemical constants
- 8. The theory of imperfect gases
- 9. The theory of imperfect gases (cont.)
- 10. Interatomic forces
- 11. The electron theory of metals, thermionics and metallic conduction. Semi-conductors
- 12. Electric and magnetic susceptibilities. Ferromagnetism
- 13. Application to liquids and solutions
- 14. Assemblies of atoms, atomic ions and electron
- 15. Atmospheric problems
- 16. Applications to stellar interiors
- 17. Mechanisms of interaction. Collision processes
- 18. Chemical kinetics in gaseous systems
- 19. Mechanisms of interaction. Radiative processes
- 20. Fluctuations
- 21. Recent applications to cooperative and other phenomena
- Index of authors quoted
- Index of subjects.
